North Belfast MP John Finucane has said that today's High Court judgement "has not determined that an Orange Order parade should proceed down the Garvaghy Road".
This afternoon a decision by the Parades Commission to impose restrictions on a controversial Orange Order parade in Portadown was quashed in the High Court following a legal challenge brought by a member of the Orange Order.
The commission had banned this year's Drumcree parade from entering the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road. The controversial parade has not taken place since 1997.
Reacting to the judgement the Parades Commission said the High Court's decision "does not affect any future considerations and decisions by the Commission of future parades or protests".
John Finucane said the judgment needs to be carefully studied, but added that "it is important to be clear about what it is and what it is not".
"The court has quashed a Parades Commission determination because of failings in how that decision was reached. It has not determined that an Orange Order parade should proceed down the Garvaghy Road, nor does today's judgment give permission for one," he said.
"The people of the Garvaghy Road and Portadown have lived peacefully for 28 years and deserve to continue doing so. Drumcree came to represent deep sectarianism, bitterness and division, leaving wounds which have still not fully healed. Nobody should want to reopen those divisions.
"That is why the tribal and triumphalist reaction from some within political unionism today is so telling. Those declaring this a victory for unionism and loyalism should reflect on who exactly they believe has been defeated. The residents of the Garvaghy Road are not opponents to be defeated, and this should never become a contest where one community must win and another must lose.
"Our position is clear. We see no logic or justification for an Orange Order parade proceeding down the Garvaghy Road. If a fresh application is made, we will make representations to the Parades Commission firmly on that basis."
